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Locality Name:
Deadman Canyon-California Gulch-Whitewater Canyon Area, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deadman Canyon-California Gulch-Whitewater Canyon Area, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Beasley Property (Knucky And Cosgrove)
California Gulch Fluorspar Prospects
Copper Mountain Claim
Little Rock Mine
National Copper Mine
Nellie Bly Mine
Ohio Mine
Southern Star Mine
Two Best In Three Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Crednerite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23244833,244834,2448395509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124483927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3244833,244835,2448385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22244838,24483927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6244836,244837,244838,244839,244841,2448423531
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2124484235
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22244836,2448419617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32244836,24484114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23244835,244836,24484112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124483417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24244834,244835,244836,24483939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24244834,244836,244839,24484161156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12448371101


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